Sir1 (s.xii3/4)
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Sir1 (s.xii3/4)

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[FEW: 12,501b Syria; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  Sirie (Sir); DMF:  Syre; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅]
Sire,  Syr,  Syre  

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1toponymSyria, historical region in the Levant: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  La ou tretoy de Sire ses greignurs fez descris  6169
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  La gent de Syre (var. (E: c.1220-40) Syr ) sunt de mult grant ferté  (B) 15040
2demonymSyrian, person from Syria: 
( MS: s.xivm )  De illoeques, cil, retournee par Elamites, [...] Sirs, Fenices, Arabs [...] s’en voit a Alexandre  1rb
Sirie  sirien 
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